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IBM i

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SSL/TLS Enable IBM Fix Central Java (JNLP File) PTF Downloads

IBM Fix Central's Java (JNLP) Downloads currently use Non-secure TCP Ports 8470 thru 8476 on the Target AS400/iSeries. We're in the process of locking down Non-secure TCP Ports in favor of their corresponding SSL/TLS Ports 9470 thru 9476. We canno...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

Addition of Critical Security Patch Comparison Features via SQL Query

Currently, managing critical security patches is a major priority for IT teams to ensure the security of systems and sensitive data. However, the task of comparing applied security patches with known vulnerabilities listed in the CVE database can ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

Allow option to not log invalid OID requests as TCP4012 in job QTMSNMP

It was discovered while a monitoring team had the IBM i LPARs set up in SolarWinds (SW) for SNMP monitoring that the QTMSNMP jobs were reaching maximum log size and ending. IBM support identified that among the OIDs SW was requesting were OIDs tha...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

Add commands that can be used to automate managing PDF MAP Entries. ADDPDFMAPE, CHGPDFMAPE, DLTPDFMAPE.

Currently to manage PDF MAP Entries the WRKPDFMAPE command must be used interactively which makes automating this process using CL commands not possible. The QPQAPME API could be used but there is significant work in developing this process, the u...
2 months ago in IBM i / Print 1 Submitted

Enhance the File Expiration Date on SAV commands

Right now, you have two options with the File Expiration Date on save commands: put *PERM for permanent or specify a specific date. Ideally, you would want to say "30 days from now" but there's no way to do that without putting the command in a pr...
2 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Future consideration

Include AFP Manager in New Navigator for i

The new Navigator for i does not include AFP Manager, which is most frequently used to import overlays and page segments that have been created using AFP Print Driver, now provided by Ricoh. The current AFP Manager also has functionality to import...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 16 Future consideration

Provide a system-level iconv table for SYSVAL(QCCSID) to CCSID(1208) and CCSID(1200) Cached

As part of our ongoing efforts to optimize character encoding conversion in C and C++ applications on IBM i, we are currently utilizing a multi-step process to handle conversions between the JOB CCSID (an EBCDIC CCSID) and UTF-16 (CCSID 1200). Spe...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted

Navigator add own monitor

In Navigator there is the ability to define monitors that are managed directly by the system and are based on certain metrics such as free disk space capacity, CPU usage, etc. In addition, there is the ability to monitor message queues, defining m...
4 months ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

Named index of current iteration in for-each loop

I'm building some functionality that relies on several arrays that need to be filled, checked and modified on the fly. I like the for-each loop with dim(*auto: nn) for this. In the initial load proces I can use '*next' as an index, which is great....
10 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

iACS: Rewrite the documentation for IBM i Access Client Solutions

There is much that is missing from this documentation. Including, but not limited to: How to limit users access to some of the functions by using server configuration such as "Function Usage" available in IBM Navigator for i. Sure there are ways o...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration